The Organ Shortage Crisis in America
incentives, civic duty, and closing the gap
$79.07
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2018
Summary
Nearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States. Every ten minutes a new name is added to the list, while on average twenty people die each day waiting for an organ to become available. Worse, our traditional reliance on cadaveric organ donation is becoming increasingly insufficient, and in recent years there has been a decline in the number of living donors as well as in the percentage of living donors relative to overall kidney donors. Some transplant surgeons an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626165441 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1626165440 |
| Author: | Andrew Michael Flescher |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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An extraordinary exploration of what ‘giving the gift of life’ actually means to donors.
An excellent overview of the challenges the current organ donor system faces and the ethical issues that arise with potential system reforms … The author’s experience as a medical ethicist for a hospital’s organ donation council enables a nuanced and compelling exploration of many perspectives… . The text will be very useful for study of the issues associated with organ donation from a medical ethics perspective.
* Choice *An extraordinary exploration of what ‘giving the gift of life’ actually means to donors.
* Chico Enterprise-Record *A thoughtful approach to mobilizing interest in loving donation… . Engaging for a transplant professional while accessible to the general public.
* American Journal of Transplantation *About The Author
Andrew Michael Flescher
Andrew Michael Flescher is a member of the core faculty, program in public health; professor of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine; and professor of English at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. A member of the United Network for Organ Sharing Ethics Committee, he is the author of several books, including Moral Evil and Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality, both from Georgetown University Press.
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